Dallas Cowboys COO/Executive VP/Director of player personnel Stephen Jones joined Ben & Skin on 105.3 KRLD-FM The Fan recently to talk all things football. Here are some highlights:

On Dallas' offseason plans...

Jones: "We're really starting to put together a plan for the offseason, even though we don't have our No. 1 pick. We all know we've got a lot of our young players to sign, and more to come after the obvious four or five that we have to sign.

"So, once again, we won't be big players in free agency, but I think we've done a good job historically of finding some depth and some value in free agency that can give us depth on our football team. We'll look at it the same way. I don't see us spending big numbers in free agency other than on our own players."

Tight end a draft priority this year?

Jones: "Yes, I mean, I think we've got some good, young players. I think Blake Jarwin, in particular, probably has the most upside, but is he ready right this second? Probably not.

"So, yeah, I think tight end is very important in terms of one of our top needs, what we'll be looking at in the draft, and looking for ways to make that a stronger spot. Certainly [Cole] Beasely is a chain-mover, forever Jason Witten was a chain-mover. Certainly, Blake made some strides this year, but I think it's obvious right now we don't have that 'Jason Witten, Jay Novacek, No. 1' tight end."

What do you envision for Sean Lee's future?

Jones: "I think that's something we'll sit down with Sean on. He's such a vital part of this.

"... What a special player he is being the wily veteran he is, he probably played the best in that [Rams] game. He had about 24 plays and I would say he played better, probably played the position better than anybody in that particular game. We want him back. I think he's a leader on this football team.

"I think over the course of the season you're going to need three guys to man those two [linebacker] spots. Certainly, where he is in his career, I think he probably believes it's tough for him to play all those plays game in and game out and probably could really help us in a role and we've just got to define what that is.

"And [there's] no one we would love to have back more than Sean Lee. He's special. He's what the game is all about. We've had some of those special people like that over the course of time and he's one of them."